WEDNESDAY, 8 JUNE, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. PHOTO ATTACHED L-R BACK ROW WENDY MALTMAN AND GARY LANGLANDS FROM THE DUNDEE BURGESS TRUST, FRONT – JENNY GILLESPIE, NHS TAYSIDE DIETITIAN, RUSSELL WALKER FROM DUNDEE & ANGUS COLLEGE, AUDREY WHITE FROM DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL

Healthy breakfast competition supported by NHS Tayside dietitians

Dietitians from NHS Tayside helped judge entries in the ‘Breakfast like a King’ competition featuring breakfast recipes designed by Dundee schoolchildren. The competition aims to improve Dundee children’s health and wellbeing and to promote the importance of having a healthy breakfast.

The ‘Breakfast like a King’ competition was devised and organised by The City of Dundee Burgess Charity in partnership with Dundee City Council and Dundee & Angus College. Primary 4 pupils from Rosebank, Dens Road, Glebelands, Clepington, Our Lady’s RC and SS Peter & Paul’s primary schools were invited to design a healthy breakfast recipe to be submitted for judging by a panel of experts, including dietitians from NHS Tayside.

The creators of the six best recipes will be invited to a ‘cook off’ at Dundee & Angus College’s Kingsway Campus to make their breakfast with support from students and lecturers.

MasterChef 2014 winner Jamie Scott, Lord Provost Bob Duncan, NHS and Burgess Charity representatives and Dundee & Angus College catering lecturers will judge the best breakfast after the cook off. The winner will receive a trophy for themselves and their school. Jamie has also extended an invitation to the competition winner to come to The Newport Restaurant kitchen to cook a healthy brunch for their family.

Lord Provost Bob Duncan said, “As part of Curriculum for Excellence, it is important for our children to have the knowledge and understanding of where food comes from and how to make healthy lifestyle choices and this competition brings to life this opportunity.”

Jenny Gillespie, Dietitian with NHS Tayside’s Paediatric Overweight Service (POST) and one of the judges, said, “NHS Tayside is delighted to be involved in the judging of this competition, especially as this week is national Dietitians Week. The children came up with a huge variety of interesting, fun and healthy recipes.

“Many people underestimate the value of breakfast, yet it is probably the most important meal of the day.  As the first food intake after a long gap of several hours, breakfast acts as a fuel to jump-start the body and helps to improve mental performance and concentration during our morning activities.”

To find out about the range of services offered by dietitians across Tayside, visit our website www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/taysidenutrition.aspx

Notes to editors:

The City of Dundee Burgess Charity also organises a secondary school writing competition and unique events and visits for members throughout the year. The charity exists to promote the City of Dundee and pride in its people past, present and in the future by supporting educational and social activities in the city. Membership is open to anyone who lives or works in the city, or has significant family or historical links with it; be involved in charitable works, businesses and the professions or community or civil of the city and is committed to the promotion of civic pride and community spirit. (www.dundeeburgess.org.uk)

Contact:

Gaynyr Dickson

NHS Tayside Communications

(01382) 424138